1. CULTURE MATTERS

Culture matters - the first fight ever in the early church was over culture. How do we tie our culture, our ethnicity and our background to the kingdom of God? How do we reconcile our earthly background and our heavenly nature? How can a church do culture on purpose? In this candid message, Benjamin shares about his vision for a truly multi-cultural church, how this happens and how he has handled his own culture and background and the culture that defines Tree of Life.

This is life-changing stuff, and essential for any church planter, pastor or elder to listen to.

2. FULL OF THE SPIRIT

At Tree of Life, we make it our purpose that we are full of the Spirit. We believe that the being full of the Spirit is essential for a church to function the way God desires. In this teaching we discuss, three things that will help us being 'full of the Spirit' in our lifes; The Holy Spirit is here, the Holy Spirit is welcome and the Holy Spirit is working.

3. FILLED WITH LOVE

Love only works in small groups. Why are small groups at the heart of Tree of Life and what does the Bible say should happen in small groups? Should we dismiss institutional church in favour of organic church? What is the role of an elder? All of these answers are interlinked and Ben shows from the Bible why a supernatural church has to be filled with love and structured for love.

4. INSPIRATIONAL AND CHALLENGING

We need to provide all the nutrients for people to have a balanced diet - doctrine, fellowship, communion, prayer and so on. One of the balances we must achieve is to be inspirational and challenging. We have to inspire people to dream big, but we also must challenge people to live the dream. This message is a real call to arms to the fanatics that came - help build a culture that means we can inspire and challenge people so they can walk in their dreams. It's going to help you become a culture setter in your church too.

5. SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE

One of the hallmarks of maturity according to Paul is the ability to speak the truth in love. In this message, Benjamin explains why at Tree of Life we love before we tell the truth, but we always do both. This message gets to the heart of the book of Ephesians, looks at what church should be and can be, and paints a picture of where we are going as a church.

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